German Society for Positive Psychological Research

German Society for Positive Psychological Research (DGPPF)
legal form	registered association
founding	2015 in Trier
Seat	Lorich
purpose	Scientific Society for Positive Psychology
Chair	Michaela Brohm-Badry
Website	www.dgppf.de

The German Society for Positive Psychological Research eV (DGPPF) is an association of scientists from various disciplines who are active in research and teaching in the context of positive psychology . It is an interdisciplinary research and teaching association and the first German research society for positive psychology. Its founding and the organization of the first conference on positive psychological research in Germany secure the connection to international research (European Network for Positive Psychology, PP listing Denmark). She is a member of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). The DGPPF is based in Lorich near Trier.

aims

The DGPPF strives to promote and disseminate scientific positive psychology and the international visibility of positive psychological research from German-speaking countries. This goal is pursued by promoting positive psychological science and research. For this purpose:

• The organization of specialist congresses and smaller specialist conferences.
• The organization and implementation of lectures, lectures and workshops.
• The promotion of interdisciplinary exchange within the research field of positive psychology. This includes in particular the support of research and development using existing and new technologies, ideas, abilities and skills from the various disciplines.
• The promotion of specialist publications.
• Participation in events such as conferences, symposia, workshops.
• The creation of empirical measuring instruments for scientific data collection as well as the collection and evaluation of empirical data.
• The promotion of the nationwide and international exchange of information with comparable organizations.
• The promotion and support of the members within the scope of the association's purpose.
• Securing and expanding the position of positive psychology at universities, in research institutes and other scientific institutions, in school lessons and other training areas as well as in public by promoting the above and other initiatives, insofar as it makes sense to achieve the purpose.

The non-profit status was recognized by the tax office in Trier.

Specialist groups

The following specialist groups exist in the DGPPF.

• Positive Psychology of Everyday Life (Head: Jens Förster )
• Positive psychology and work contexts (Head: Stefanie Winter )
• Positive psychology and talent (head: Tanja Gabriele Baudson )
• Positive Psychology and Clinical Psychology (Head: Anton-Rupert Laireiter )
• Positive psychology and motivation (Head: Michaela Brohm-Badry )
• Positive Psychology and Physiology (Head: Corinna Peifer )
• Positive Psychology and Technology (Head: Michael Burmester )

Scientific Conferences

The first DGPPF conference was held in May 2016 on the topic of State of the Art: the status of positive psychological research in German-speaking countries at the University of Trier . Around 100 researchers from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg took part in the conference. The conference received widespread media coverage.

The second DGPPF conference on how people grow - positive psychological development of the individual, organization and society took place in June 2017 at the University of Trier . About 110 participants came from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Poland. The conference received media coverage.

The third conference of the DGPPF on the subject of growing together - promoting the positive development of individuals, organizations and society took place from 03.-05. May 2018 at the Ruhr University Bochum . Over 200 participants from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, South Africa, Indonesia, Luxembourg and Turkey attended the conference. The keynotes were given by Tanja Gabriele Baudson (University of Luxembourg), Tobias Esch (University of Witten / Herdecke), Maike Luhmann (Ruhr University Bochum), Jürgen Margraf (Ruhr University Bochum) and Willibald Ruch (University of Zurich, Switzerland). In addition, Eckart von Hirschhausen gave a lecture on the subject of humor helps heal .

Award ceremonies and winners

During the first conference of the DGPPF at the University of Trier, Falko Rheinberg (professorship for psychology, retired, University of Potsdam ) was awarded the “Golden Chain of Positive Research” for his outstanding life's work in the field of flow and motivation research “Awarded. He is the first winner to be awarded this award by the DGPPF.

During the second DGPPF conference on June 10, 2017, three prizes were awarded: The science prize went to Anton-Rupert Laireiter ( University of Vienna / University of Salzburg ), the young talent prize went to Friedrich Meixner ( University of Ulm ) and the innovation prize went to Magdalena Laib ( Stuttgart Media University ).

Also during the third DGPPF conference on May 5, 2018, three prizes were awarded: The science award went to Bernhard Schmitz ( TU Darmstadt ), the young talent award to Katharina Breuer ( Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln ) as well as to Florens Goldbeck ( University Hospital Tübingen ) and the Innovation award to Tanja Gabriele Baudson ( University of Luxembourg ).

Board of DGPPF

The board of directors of the DGPPF consists of four members

• Michaela Brohm-Badry (President)
• Corinna Peifer (Vice President)
• Christine Syrek (Secretary)
• Julian M. Greve (Treasurer)

Publications

• Brohm-Badry, Michaela; Peifer, Corinna; Greve, Julian M; Berend, Benjamin (2018): How people grow. Positive psychological development of the individual, organization and society. Pabst Science Publishers, Lengerich, ISBN 978-3-95853-395-0 .
• Brohm-Badry, Michaela; Peifer, Corinna; Franz, Viktoria (2018): Positive-Psychological Development of the Individual, Organization and Society: Junior Research of the DGPPF. Pabst Science Publishers, Lengerich, ISBN 978-3-95853-393-6 .
• Brohm-Badry, Michaela; Peifer, Corinna; Greve, Julian M. (2017): Positive Psychological Research in German-speaking Countries - State of the Art. Pabst Science Publishers, Lengerich, ISBN 978-3-95853-310-3 .

Web links

• Homepage of the DGPPF
• Lust to Learn: The Basics of Positive Psychology; Michaela Brohm-Badry (President of the Society) Channel UniTrier on YouTube
• Learn happiness and contentment. SWR from June 20, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Representatives of the 22 member countries of the ENPP ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ENPP newsletter
3. ↑ www.positivpsykologi.dk ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ International Positive Psychology Association member organizations
5. ↑ Report www.scilogs.de from December 3, 2015
6. ^ Specialist groups of the DGPPF . In: DGPPF . ( dgppf.de [accessed June 21, 2017]).
7. ^ Report in the Trierischer Volksfreund from May 19, 2016
8. ^ Report in the Trierischer Volksfreund from May 20, 2016
9. ↑ www.managerseminare.de
10. ↑ SWR report
11. ↑ Landesschau-Rheinland-Pfalz ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ science.newzs.de
13. ↑ Positive Psychology - Why Wellbeing Is Important to Performance . In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . ( deutschlandfunkkultur.de [accessed on June 21, 2017]).
14. ^ University of Trier: Newsroom - Prizes for research on positive psychology. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on June 21, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
15. ↑ Timo Lück: University of Trier: Prizes for outstanding positive psychological research. In: Saarland-Fernsehen.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 . 
16. ^ Program of the Third DGPPF Conference. (PDF) Retrieved May 9, 2018 . 
17. ↑ DGPPF Conference 2018 - Ruhr University Bochum . In: DGPPF . ( dgppf.de [accessed June 21, 2017]).
18. ↑ www.researchgate.net
19. ↑ Timo Lück: University of Trier: Prizes for outstanding positive psychological research. In: Saarland-Fernsehen.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .